Winter / Summer Automations

[LankylukeAus]

Describe the feature

I’d love a built-in feature that allows automations to be conditionally enabled by season. For example, in summer, I’d want cooling automations (like turning on AC) active, while heating automations stay disabled. In winter, flip it—heating is active, cooling disabled. Having season-based conditions natively would make seasonal automations much simpler to manage!

Use cases

Imagine a home where, during summer, the automation ensures the air conditioning kicks in when it’s hot. But in winter, that same automation is disabled, and instead, the heater responds to cold temperatures. This way, the system automatically knows which type of climate control to run, depending on the season—no need to manually tweak automations when the weather shifts

Current workarounds

In practice, I manually disable my winter-specific automations during summer and vice versa when the seasons change. It works, but it’s manual and easy to forget.

Anything else?

Some smart home platforms have native modes or scenes based on seasons or weather. For example, Apple’s Home app supports automation based on weather conditions, though not strictly seasonal. A seasonal mockup could be as simple as a toggle where you set "Summer Mode" or "Winter Mode," and all related automations adjust accordingly.

[karwosts]

You could create season sensors and then use them in a condition in the automation. I doubt there's much interest in duplicating this specifically as part of the automations though, since it's fairly easy to do it like this in a more flexible way.